Borderline (video game)

Borderline
Developer(s)Sega
Compile (SG-1000)
Publisher(s)Arcade
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Platform(s)Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 2600
ReleaseArcade
SG-1000
Atari 2600
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter, maze
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemDual

Borderline (ボーダーライン, Bōdārain) is a vertically scrolling shooter maze game released by Sega as an arcade video game in April 1981.[7][3][2] The player controls a jeep and has to destroy enemy refineries. There are four stages with different gameplay. The first stage plays like a vertically scrolling shooter. In the second stage, the player maneuvers his Jeep through underbrush, and enemies can only follow on its path, a concept later found in Namco's Dig Dug (1982).

Borderline was reissued later in the year with slightly altered graphics as Star Raker. Borderline was a game for the SG-1000 in 1984.[5] It was converted for the Atari 2600 under the name Thunderground, released by Sega's home division;[8] it was one of the last games Sega released as a third-party developer for Atari.[6] The SG-1000 and Atari 2600 ports received positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b c d Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 35, 42, 52, 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ^ a b "Borderline Advert(Japanese, top-right)". Game Machine Magazine 15th April '81. Amusement Press Inc., Osaka, Japan. 15 April 1981. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Video Game Flyers: Borderline, Karateco (EU)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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  5. ^ a b "Home Video Game Console(Japanese, top-right)". Game Machine Magazine 15th July '85. Amusement Press Inc., Osaka, Japan. 15 July 1985. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference VI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Borderline at the Killer List of Videogames
  8. ^ Federico, Chris (May 30, 2016). "Thunderground". Orphaned Computers & Game Systems. Retrieved 26 April 2021.